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Hemsky knocked the Sharks defenceman out of the game after a knee-on-knee collision, then left the contest himself with a major and game misconduct.

It’s the first major or Hemsky’s career and it came at the worst possible time, with Edmonton clinging to a 1-0 lead with 15 minutes left in the third period.

“I don’t think I’m a dirty player,” said Hemsky. “I hope for the guy, I hope he’s OK. You never want to hurt anybody.

“I don’t think it was (dirty). It was kind of with my body, too, and it was around the boards. It’s not like I stuck my knee out … I just feel bad for him, hopefully he’s OK. I don’t want to hurt anybody, that’s not how I play.”

Burns isn’t blaming anyone, he just said it was two guys at the wrong place at the wrong time.

“I tried to go down the wall and it was just a reaction play,” he said. “It didn’t feel too good on my part. I knew it wasn’t good right away. I thought I was going to throw up.

“I don’t know how bad it is yet. It happens. It’s a quick game. I’ve been on the other end of these. It happens so quick. It’s not his fault.”

The Sharks scored in the first minute of the power play, but that was all they’d get as Edmonton ended up with a shootout victory.

“It’s a weird feeling,” said Hemsky. “You don’t want to hurt the team, especially when it’s 1-0 and it’s five minutes and they have a good team. Credit to the guys, they did a good job.”

With a 5 and 10 for the game misconduct he more than doubled his PIMs total for the year, from 14 to 29.